Method of digital ink-jet printing a fabric including depositing a foam pretreatment
AssigneeDover Europe SàRl
InventorLuigi Milini
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Abstract
The present invention refers to a plant (1) for printing a fibrous material (T). The printing plant (1) comprises: a station (14) for supplying a fibrous material configured for supplying the fibrous material along a predetermined operative path, a treating station (10) configured for treating the fibrous material with a treatment composition by applying the composition itself on a first side (T1) of the fibrous material (T); and a printing station (6) configured for ink-printing at least part of a second side (T2) of the fibrous material (T) opposite to the first side (T1). Moreover, the present invention refers to a process of printing a fibrous material.
Claims20
A method of digital ink-jet printing a fabric, the method comprising:
- supplying a fabric to be printed along a predetermined operative path,
- treating supplied fabric with a treatment composition by depositing the treatment composition to the fabric at a first side of the fabric as a foam and then pressing the foam into the fabric such that the treatment composition is forced into the fabric from the first side, and then
- digitally ink-jet printing at least part of a second side of the treated fabric, opposite to the first side.
A method of digital ink-jet printing comprising:
- supplying a fibrous material to be printed along a predetermined operative path to an exposed surface of a conveyor belt that receives and guides the fibrous material along an advancement direction;
- treating the fibrous material with a treatment composition by depositing the treatment composition to the fibrous material fabric at a first side of the fibrous material as a foam;
- sensing an accumulation of the treatment composition caused by an initial contact between the treated fibrous material and the conveyor belt;
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- digitally ink-jet printing, at a printing station, at least part of a second side of the treated fibrous material opposite to the first side, with the fibrous material disposed on the conveyor belt.
A method of digital ink-jet printing, the method comprising:
- supplying a fabric to be printed along a predetermined operative path;
- treating the supplied fabric with a treatment composition by depositing the treatment composition to the fabric at a first side of the fabric as a foam, wherein the foam is deposited other than directly to a second side of the fabric opposite the first side;
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- digitally ink-jet printing at least part of the second side of the treated fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.